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BOOK LIST
N.B. — Books marked * are of greater importance. 1. Film History
*" The Film Till Now." Paul Rotha. Cape, 1930. A fine and very detailed account of the achievement of the silent cinema. Good technical and aesthetic criticism.
" Celluloid." Paul Rotha. Longmans, Green and Co., .1931. A sequel to the above, entering upon the sound film.
*" Documentary Film." Paul Rotha. Faber and Faber, 1936. An important historical record of documentary, with an evaluation of its achievement. Revised edition, 1939.
" Movies for the Millions." Gilbert Seldes. Batsford, 1937. A very readable account of the chief trends of the cinema from an historical angle, with the chief emphasis on American film.
*" History of the Film." Bardeche and Brasillach. Translated and edited by Iris Barry. Allen and Unwin, 1938. With Lewis Jacob's book below and the works of Paul Rotha, the most satisfactory history of the cinema. Marie Seton's articles in " Sight and Sound " are also important.
"The Film Answers Back." E. W. and M. M. Robson. Bodley Head, 1939. A spirited defence of the American film for its healthy sociological content as contrasted with the decadence of European cinema.
*" The Rise of the American Film." Lewis Jacobs. Harcourt Brace and Co., New York, 1940. " In ' The Rise of the American Film ' film history reaches its maturity." Review in " Sight and Sound."
2. The Art of the Film
Film Technique." V. I. Pudovkin. Translated by Ivor Montagu. Gollancz, 1929. New edition, Newnes, 1933. An essential book. The sections added in the Newnes edition carry forward into sound. Cinema." C. A. Lejeune. Maclehose, 1931. A collection of excellent reviews, dealing with many distinguished directors and actors.
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